Wednesday
(0)Two comments have appeared on a long ago posting of mine here about the menace to Western Civilisation posed by people dropping chewing gum all over the damn place.
Comment 1:
i like chewing on gum^^ It should have neva been banned!!! I feel sooooo sorry for the singaporeans....owell beta get on wiv my english assignment nowz...byebye :)Lana
Comment 2:
Hi its me again (Lana) if anyone noes any interesting facts about Singapore then can u plz email me qt_mashi@hotmail.com, bcuz this is for my english assignment and its very important THANK YOU :)Lana
You know what? Lana likes chewing gum, and I like her. She has her own individual take on English spelling, although maybe it's her whole generation and they all spell because bcuz. But, she seems to be able to spell in the regular manner when she wants to ("any interesting facts about Singapore") or when she is forgetting not to, plus she has a nice ingratiating manner and understands the value of a smile. I think she should be encouraged.
So, if anyone has any interesting facts about Singapore, please email them to her.
I'm surprised no-one has come up with a surface that actually includes chewing gum- bcuz it would be a slighty bouncy rubbery feel - perfect for walking on; And you could then throw your gum down and actually make the surface better! :P
PS: for an nice singaporean site try Lina.. its been on the net for a few years but she still has some interesting stuff on it.
http://home1.pacific.net.sg/~linachoo/
Posted by Joe at July 23, 2003 03:12 PM
I think there are two reason Singapore banned chewing gum. 1. littering (they have a different kind of law for different kind of littering). 2. At the time, Singapore just debute their shinning new subway system that has a very intricate door system. Gum stuck on those door, plus the humidity of the city would really screw up the system.
Hey, Singapore is a one man one vote system. Lee Kuan Yew is the man, he's got the vote.
Posted by BigFire at July 23, 2003 03:47 PM
Nisse to sea tht brrttsh edgcayshun iz sdil besst in thu wurled.
Huray! Gud noos.
Posted by David Carr at July 23, 2003 04:28 PM
David
I don't know what country she comes from. Is there any way to tell?
"wiv" suggests the London area to me, but that's only a guess.
Posted by Brian Micklethwait at July 23, 2003 05:08 PM
I'm fascinated by the mind set of a person who revisits posts from Nov 2002 to see who has posted comments. Brian, when the biography is written, I want a signed copy.
However, I suppose every organ succumbs to the "silly season" eventually!
Posted by mad dog barker at July 23, 2003 05:31 PM
mad dog
We get emails of all comments on stuff we've written.
All I'm doing is checking my email.
Not so fascinating after all.
To me the puzzle is why people bother to put comments on these long gone posts. Well, I guess it's people who don't quite get how blogs work.
Posted by Brian Micklethwait at July 23, 2003 06:01 PM
... and the silly season here is all the time, ditto the sensible season.
Posted by Brian Micklethwait at July 23, 2003 06:01 PM
Brian,
I submit that "wiv" doesn't necessarily denote London origin, because the estuarine whine is standard English these days... innit?
It might not even be phonetic, but 'phone-etic: standard txt. I have a Breton assistant (26) whose emails are full of English kidspeak, "u", "b4", et al..
Posted by Guy Herbert at July 23, 2003 06:55 PM
On a completely different subject - my blog has hacked and is now mirroring a radical lefty blog. Needless to say Blogspot havent responded to my emails - so does anyone out there know how to correct the code or where I might find out how to?
Posted by Giles at July 23, 2003 07:16 PM
I'm guessing lana is a 48-year-old unemployed truck driver from Des Moines with a back injury and a hairy butt.
Posted by S. Weasel at July 23, 2003 08:35 PM
Way to play Captain Bringdown, Weasel. For all you know, she's 17 with big tits, doesn't live too terribly far away and decides to thank him in person for all his help with her report. She finds his shyness inexplicably attractive...
Let the man live in hope.
(There, I've got you started, Brian. Ohboyohboyohboy)
Posted by Nancy at July 23, 2003 10:53 PM
"To me the puzzle is why people bother to put comments on these long gone posts. Well, I guess it's people who don't quite get how blogs work."
Maybe they're just people who want the last word? ;)
Posted by David Hall at July 24, 2003 12:19 AM
Okay let's compromise. I say that Lana is a 48-year-old unemployed truck driver from Des Moines with a back injury and a hairy butt and he finds Brian's shyness inexplicably attractive...
Posted by David Carr at July 24, 2003 12:28 AM
Well, if you get emailed all comments, it isn't so crazy to post on old threads if you're responding to one of the authors, is it? :-)
Richard of http://pekingduck.org has recently moved to Singapore (he's an American expat bounicing around Asia). He says Singapore is dead dull, but go check it out.
Posted by David Mercer at July 24, 2003 02:33 AM
"How can one be an "unemployed truck driver?""
By owning their own truck and not having any clients needing stuff moved? I'm sure Sonny and Will had that problem occasionally.
My money's on Lana being a ladyboy.
Posted by click here for the Lonewacko Blog at July 24, 2003 08:37 AM
How can one be an "unemployed truck driver?"
That's where the back injury comes in. Can't sit still for long periods, you see.
Hey, I think these things through.
Which is actually kind of scary.
Posted by S. Weasel at July 24, 2003 11:37 AM
